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Topic | Politics Containment Topic 250: Hearing Laws |
kevwaffles 11/30/19 11:48:38 AM #345: | Corrik7 posted... kevwaffles posted...See, that's what I mean when I say it's not actually true. All he wrote in his memoirs anywhere close to that effect is what I mentioned about them not being able to adapt to society, but somehow it gets stretched into that.Pretty sure he said they weren't as smart as whites or had smaller brains or some shit also. I remember we did a big debate section on this in African American History in college. There is contradictory reporting about whether he supported or opposed "negro citizenship" in Illinois in his debates with Douglass in 1858 (written later when he was running for president). In these, there is a line attributing "physical differences" as the reason why blacks and whites can't live together. Whether or not he wrote much less delivered speeches with such content, it does seem to actually contradict what his own memoirs on these subjects. That doesn't disqualify them as things he ever said for the purpose of getting elected, but it is 2nd hand versus 1st hand sources. But even in those, I don't think these speeches ever clearly indicated a difference in intelligence or brain size. However, it does strike me as odd he would say such things for the purpose of getting elected in Illinois, but not for the purpose of getting elected president only 2 years later. --- "One toot on this whistle will take you to a far away land." -Toad, SMB3 ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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